keyPressEvent

[Radek]

I would like to catch the Space key in my app.
The header:

#pragma once
#include <QWidget>
#include <iitem.hpp>
#include <ui_invpg.h>
 
 
class InvPage : public QWidget
{
  Q_OBJECT
 
  public :
 
    InvPage();
    virtual ~InvPage();
 
    void   clear();
    void   ClearSel();
    void   MakeList();
    void   MakeInv();
    void   LoadData();
 
    IItem *theitem;
    bool   addit;
 
  protected :
 
    virtual void keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *event );
 
  private :
 
    Ui::InvPage    ui;
 
  private slots :
 
    void ItemClicked( QListWidgetItem *item );
};

#pragma once
#include <QWidget>
#include <iitem.hpp>
#include <ui_invpg.h>


class InvPage : public QWidget
{
  Q_OBJECT

  public :

    InvPage();
    virtual ~InvPage();

    void   clear();
    void   ClearSel();
    void   MakeList();
    void   MakeInv();
    void   LoadData();

    IItem *theitem;
    bool   addit;

  protected :

    virtual void keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *event );

  private :

    Ui::InvPage    ui;

  private slots :

    void ItemClicked( QListWidgetItem *item );
};

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The ctor contains only ui.setupUi(this). The (current) implementation should test whether the handler works:

#include <QWidget>
#include <QKeyEvent>
#include <myapp.hpp>
#include <myframe.hpp>
#include <invpage.hpp>
#include <iitem.hpp>
#include <data.hpp>
 
 
void InvPage::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *event )
{
  if( event->key() == Qt::Key_Space )
  {
    char str[40];
 
    sprintf(str,"%s",(addit ? "addit = true" : "addit = false"));
    TheApp->frame->statusBar()->showMessage(str,2000);
  }
 
  QWidget::keyPressEvent(event);
}

#include <QWidget>
#include <QKeyEvent>
#include <myapp.hpp>
#include <myframe.hpp>
#include <invpage.hpp>
#include <iitem.hpp>
#include <data.hpp>


void InvPage::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent *event )
{
  if( event->key() == Qt::Key_Space )
  {
    char str[40];

    sprintf(str,"%s",(addit ? "addit = true" : "addit = false"));
    TheApp->frame->statusBar()->showMessage(str,2000);
  }

  QWidget::keyPressEvent(event);
}

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It does not work. Putting a breakpoint at the "if" shows that the handler isn't called at all. What kind of blunder am I making? (Note: the statusbar works fine.)

[d_stranz]

Where is this widget hosted? Does it have input focus? Is the parent widget 'eating' the keystrokes? Does some child widget have the input focus and is it eating the keystrokes?

Add an QObject::eventFilter() to this class, and install it on each of the child widgets. (QObject::installEventFilter()) In the event filter, add a clause to detect KeyPress events. Set a breakpoint there. If it breaks, then you can examine the QObject passed in the filter to determine which child widget (if any) is handling those events.

[Radek]

That;s it, most likely.

The widget contains 2 QListWidgets and one QPushButton. I wanted the list boxes to react on the space key but the event handler belongs to the "surroundings" (the widget itself), which do not have the focus when I pressed the space key. One of the list boxes has. Never mind, I added another push button which does what the space key should have done and it works now. I was too lazy to redirect the events